Effectiveness and costs of an implemented primary HPV cervical screening programme in Sweden - A population based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Swedish guidelines recommend cervical screening with primary HPV for women ≥ 30 years of age. The aim of this study was to compare an implemented HPV cervical screening programme in the Region of Örebro County from September 1, 2016, with the former cytology-based screening programme. The clinical effectiveness by means of number of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) and cervical cancer cases detected in histology within 12 months after the screening test, together with cost implications were the main outcomes. Data were retrieved from the Swedish National Cervical Screening Registry between the years 2014-2015 (cytology based screening) and 2017-2018(HPV based screening), including screening information such as invitations and cytology and histology diagnoses. The detecti

SUBMITTER: Bergengren L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8800063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature